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Chronologically speaking, a considerable portion of the Literature, which forms the subject-matter of this chapter, precedes works treated of in the last chapter. But as the Vaiṣṅava Literature is marked by distinct characteristics of its own and has little relation to the spirit that predominates in the rest of our Literature, we have found it convenient to group the works of Vaiṣṅava writers together and to deal with them separately in the present chapter, without observing their chronological order, in relation to non-Vaiṣṅava works. Works written by the Vaiṣṅavas form the most important and interesting portion of our literature.